COLE'S FLOWER SEED. 



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JAPANESE MORNING GLORY. 



Imperial Japanesejorning Glorg. 



Morning Glories are beautiful summer climbers. This nov- 

 elty is a surprise to all for its great beauty, variety of color and 

 giant flowers. The leaves are large, heart-shaped, many of them 

 a rich dark color, marbled with silvery white or yellow. The 

 flowers are really double the size of the ordinary kind; their 

 main attraction, however, is not their enormous size, but their 

 wondeiful coloring. Their varieties of color are infinite, run- 

 ning from snowy-white through all possible shades of blue, and 

 of red from palest pink to darkest reds and purples. They are 

 streaked, mottled, striped, marbled and bordered in wonderful 

 fashion. The '"Imperial Japanese Morning Glories" are of the 

 easiesteulture. But as the seed is hard or flinty, before sowing 

 treat as follows; Draw a sliarp knife across one edge of the 

 seed, just enough to cut through the shell, then soak in luke- 

 warm water long enough to have seed swell to double the size 

 they were when dry. Sow in May in a warm, sunny position, in 

 good, rich soil, and give plenty of water in dry weather. Price 

 per pkt. 5 cts. 



New Climbing Nasturtium. 



Madame Guntlier's Hybrids. 



These new Hybrids of Madame Gunther flower 

 earlier and more abundantly than Tropaeolum Liob- 

 bianum. They make a stronger growth, climbing 

 from five to six feet high, and are covered from 

 spring to fall with large, substantial flowers of the 

 most brilliant shades. They are remarkable for 

 their wide range of colors, embracing rose, pink, 

 salmon, purple, velvety dark maroon, light yel- 

 low and deep orange in self colors, as well as 

 striped and blotched in the most fanciful manner. 

 So ornamental is this new strain that it deserves a 

 place in every garden, either for climbing or trail- 

 ing from vases, over rock-work, etc. Price per pkt. 

 10 cts., 2 pkts. 15 cts. 



MADAMB GUNTHER'S NASTURTIUM. 



PERENNIAL FLOWERS. 



The hardy Biennials and Perennials oiitlive the severest winters, giving us each succeeding 

 year a finer display of their beautiful flowers. Some begin to bloom early in spring, others In 

 summer, are all of easy cultivation. Soon after the plants are through blooming, cut the old 

 flower stems within a few inches of the ground, which will present a more tidy appearance, 

 and render the plant more vigorous. Protect during the winter with a covering' of straw, 

 leaves or manure. 



AQUILEGIA (Columbme). 



A free-flowering, hardy plant. Flowers in the 

 greatest profusion, early in the spring, and 

 growing with such ease and freedom, they 

 ought to be grown by all. Hardy perennial. 



Finest Mixed. All colors; 2 ft 5 



DELPHINUM (Perennial Larkspur), 



Handsome and well-known hardy perennials, 

 with splendid flowers and curiously cut leaves; I 

 for permanent beds and borders they are indis- 

 pensable. Easy of culture, succeeding in any 

 deep, rich soil. 



Finest Mixed. Various colors; 3 ft 4 



CARNATION PINK. 



Carnations are great favorites and very mag- 

 nificent, large, beautiful and very fragrant 

 flowers, as perfect in form as the rose. Seeds 

 sown in open ground in May or June will flower 

 splendidly the next season. The plants should 

 be protected by a little straw or a few boughs. 

 Hardy perennial. 



German Double Mixed. Fine double flow- 

 ers; best for border culture; 18 in 8 



Dwarf Marguerite- This variety blooms in 



about four months from the time of sow- 

 ing the seed, and continue to flower until 

 frost. The most beautiful, fragrant double 

 Carnation can now be had in full flower 

 in the open garden the first year by sow- 

 ing seed early. Also for flowering in the 

 house this new strain is invaluable 10 



